Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Stewart, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Stewart registered to vote in Colorado County on August 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Lewis Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Stewart
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stewart in Colorado County
- Isam Stewartborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Orange Stewartborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- William Stewartborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Stewarts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stewart
- Steward 33
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 27 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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